POLITICS: The tacky 2026 NYE ball and more: Letters

An ugly NYE ball

What were they thinking when they designed the 2026 New Year’s Eve ball (“A whole new (big) ball game,” Nov. 25)?

It looks like a giant Lite Brite toy or giant multi-colored kickball: Not very classy. What a way to ring in the New Year.

Fred Snyder

Brooklyn

Ken’s faux facts

I had expected a leftie bent to Ken Burns’ new documentary, but assumed it would be an emphasis on the greed of old white men wanting to expand slavery (“Ken Burns’ Fake History,” Rich Lowry, PostOpinion, Nov. 25).

Instead, the emphasis was on Native Americans and greedy white men scheming to take their land. One historian even opined that this was, in fact, the main reason for the revolution.

The intense repetition of specific tribes participating in virtually every battle was not only annoying but wasted time that could have been used for additional facts. I got the point.

Dierdre Burgman

Manhattan

Platform safety 101

When will people realize the individuals who run the MTA are a bunch of idiotic political hacks (“$82M for horrific subway maiming,” Nov. 26)?

The MTA would rather pay out millions to people who either accidentally fall or are pushed onto the tracks by maniacs instead of fixing the problem. The AirTrain at JFK has protective barriers, so why not the subway? Other countries, like Japan, have protective barriers in their subway stations.

But what can we expect when you have incompetent legislators appointing those who match their own incompetence.

Niles Welikson

Williston Park

NYC housing ploy

The Sandinista wing of New York’s City Council is just following the lead of its mayor-elect (“A Sick Housing Scheme,” Editorial, Nov. 23).

When robbing Peter to pay Paul, one can always count on the enthusiastic support of Paul . . . and his elected representatives. This scheme will enrich the nonprofit apparatchiks who gain control of apartment buildings. But it can’t end well for New Yorkers.

Ray Arroyo

Westwood, NJ

Behind NYPD OT

When it comes to backing the Blue, the Blue does it best (“NYPD OT ‘down’ . . . to more than $1B,” Nov. 23) .

Is it possible the shortage of NYPD officers is deliberate to ensure there is plenty of overtime opportunity for officers nearing retirement to inflate the pensions?

Tris Tristram

Newton, NJ

Hamas won’t give

Hamas is a gang of Islamic terrorists whose charter requires the elimination of Israel (“Who’ll Save Gaza?” Editorial, Nov. 23).

To give up in Gaza would leave Hamas bereft of purpose and its members accused by fellow Islamist radicals as having been chicken-hearted failures.

Paul Bloustein

Cincinnati, Ohio

‘Cracker’ jacked

The Cracker Barrel logo wasn’t broken — it didn’t need “fixing” (“Over a Barrel exec is ousted,” Business, Nov. 21).

As with many other corporate executives in recent years, Julie Felss Masino and her crew implemented changes that relegated the more wholesome aspects of the American countryside to kitsch status.

I don’t believe that Masino ever really invested the time or energy to know who Cracker Barrel’s customers are, what they want or what they expect.

Vincent Ruggiero

Scottsdale, Ariz.

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